Betty Crocker's Heart Healthy Cookbook shares a recipe! Enjoy these delicious bars with orange frosting that’s perfect for a dessert.
Ginger-Orange Bars
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 1 hr 15 min
- Servings 48
- Ingredients 14
Ingredients
Ginger-Orange Bars
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup Gold Medal™ whole wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 2/3 cup buttermilk
- 2 teaspoons grated orange peel
Orange Frosting
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon butter, softened
- 1/2 teaspoon grated orange peel
- 2 to 4 tablespoons orange juice

Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°. Spray jelly roll pan, 15 1/2x10 1/2x1 inch, with cooking spray.
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Step2Beat sugar and butter in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in molasses and egg.
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Step3Mix all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking soda and ginger in small bowl; add to sugar mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating on low speed until blended. Stir in orange peel. Spread in pan.
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Step4Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
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Step5Meanwhile, in small bowl, mix all frosting ingredients until smooth, adding enough orange juice for desired spreading consistency. Spread over cooled bars. For bars, cut into 8 rows by 6 rows.
Nutrition
80
Calories
2 1/2g
Total Fat
0g
Protein
14g
Total Carbohydrate
9g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 80
- Calories from Fat
- 20
- Total Fat
- 2 1/2g
- 4%
- Saturated Fat
- 1g
- 6%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 10mg
- 3%
- Sodium
- 45mg
- 2%
- Potassium
- 70mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 14g
- 5%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 9g
- Protein
- 0g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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